She wrote
a newspaper column, "My Day" for 20 years. She would
receive over 310,000 letters a year with people asking her to help them
or inviting her to go somewhere. She wrote on many issues including
the space program, women's rights, television and many other areas.
She joined the Red Cross During WWI
and visited soldiers 
who were wounded.
Mrs. Roosevelt joined the United Nations, a world peace keeping organization
and served as a leader of our country.
While she worked with the United Nations, Mrs. Roosevelt
helped to write the Declaration of Human Rights. This helped people
in other countries to get rights to vote, to speak publicly, and the right
to get a job. This is written in many languages including French,
Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. 
Eleanor Roosevelt visited miners and their families to help improve their working conditions.
She set up food lines during the Depression for those
who had no food.
She joined the League of Women Voters to help women gain the right to vote.
Mrs. Roosevelt worked with the NAACP to help African Americans gain rights.
She was the first First Lady to hold all female press
conferences.
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